Life in the medieval cloister / Julie Kerr.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.Description: xiv, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 1847251617 (hbk.)
- 9781847251619 (hbk.)
- Benedictine monasteries
- Cistercian monasteries
- Monasteries -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
- Monastic and religious life -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Monasticism and religious orders for women -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Monasticism and religious orders -- Great Britain -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Monks -- Europe -- Social conditions
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-247) and index.
The precinct, the people, the daily regime -- The severity of monastic life (1) : diet, sleep, clothing, and bathing -- The severity of monastic life (2) : family ties, health, and sickness -- The sound of silence (1) : the silence of the cloister -- The sound of silence (2) : the silence of the night -- A life of obedience -- Crimes and misdemeanours -- The work of God (1) : the communal life -- The work of God (2) : the monk alone.